push to listen lag? delay? unresponsive ? ignores input ? [video]

[axonMagnus]

i decided to make a video of it to show you the problem. i inderstand if you dont understand what am trying to convey.i can make another video with webcam recording my fingers


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4jT2DOR5P4


where do i find old versions of voice attack ? i would like to down grade and see if the issure persists

[Gary]

Thanks for the video!

Since I don't know what settings you've got set or what's in your profile, I'm going to shoot from the hip here -


You'll want to try creating an empty profile with one command to see if you've got something else interfering with your hotkey - that is, there may be a command in your profile set to the same key that's doing stuff.  Been known to happen.

Pressing the push to listen doesn't affect the microphone at all.  That is, it does not mute the microphone (or stop the speech engine from handling events), but rather just sets a flag so that anything that the speech engine picks up gets ignored or processed.  So, effectively, just pressing that hotkey just sets a value (and maybe play a sound if that's on) and that's it - it's extremely lightweight and about as basic as you can get, so, I'm kind of at a loss as to what could be hanging things up unless your speech engine has become borked.  If it's your speech engine, you'll want to take a look at this thread, as it may correct your problem (ignore the title): https://forum.voiceattack.com/smf/index.php?topic=64.0    If you've got a lot of line noise, it could be a contributing factor in hanging up your speech engine.

Something else to know is when you press to listen/not listen, VA will take things you are saying into consideration prior to you enabling listening.  That is, if you are saying, 'Fire Weapons' and you are holding down, 'not listen', if you suddenly turn on listening within the speech engine's recognition event process, 'Fire Weapons' will get executed - this is by design as it allows a little more fluid interaction (a little more human and less robotic).  If you don't want it to behave that way, and would prefer that anything being spoken while not listening is enabled, there is a setting in options, on the Recognition tab called, 'Reject pending speech'.  Just enable that option.

Also, axon, this is not the only weird stuff going on with your setup.  I hate to be the one to mention this, but have you considered trying VoiceAttack on a different machine?  It seems like you keep running up against issues that nobody else seems to be experiencing (especially when you consider all the issues as a group).   

[axonMagnus]

thank you sir for the reply . indeed this is the 5th profile i have trained and setup its the first thing i did.You are right i think i will try another machine i do think it has to be my side for sure. i have been  having issue with my system one wierd one right now is usb saying current overflow or something on those lines with the keyboard.and also if i have the keyboard connected when i start the computer it hangs on bios load up.and the fasted way to turn it on is to disconnect the keyboard.

am sorry i should have mentioned that before.i think it also doesn't help that i have 200 commands. am guessing it would make the system more responsive if i condensed them down ? I am building a new gaming system in a few months time . you now where i can find old versions of voice attack for now ? i dont use the most recent features it will be fine thank  you once again good day to you sir

[iceblast]

Sounds like you possibly have a bad usb port. Most usb ports are set up as pairs of 2. Try a different set of usb ports, you should try to disable the bad ports.

Here is a video that might help you disable the ports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FVnjwvqvWc

Also, 200 commands in a profile is just a tiny amount, and shouldn't cause VA any trouble at all. I believe there are people that have 10's or 100's of thousands of commands. So 200 is just a drop in the bucket.

If your motherboard is having Electrical issues, it's a good possibility that it would disrupt your ability to use voice recognition. Hopefully, it's just limited a pair of usb ports, and switching to a different set will solve your problem. Otherwise, a different computer might be your only option.

[Pfeil]

i think it also doesn't help that i have 200 commands. am guessing it would make the system more responsive if i condensed them down ?

Gary suggested creating an empty profile to rule out that possibility, did you try it?

you now where i can find old versions of voice attack for now ? i dont use the most recent features it will be fine

Older versions are available in the latest release topic, however, even if your profiles don't use newer actions, the database has been restructured a few times meaning it will not work correctly(or at all) if you go back far enough.
You could try exporting your profiles and importing them into a clean install of the old version, but if I remember correctly there's actually a version check on those as well; Not sure if it's a warning you can click through or if it'll refuse to import.
Either way, it's not guaranteed to work.

[axonMagnus]

indeed i did test other profiles and i found the same issue also when i tried to export the profile i get this.

[Gary]

That looks like you've got Windows components that are out of sorts.  You'll want to run a system file scan to see if it yields anything:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system

Also - are you using Vista?